“I would like to take this opportunity to say that I will not apologize to anyone,” stormed Justin Timberlake during a concert given in New York on January 31, 2024. A statement undoubtedly intended for his ex Britney Spears since spoken a few minutes before singing his biggest hit
Cry Me a River.
The song, released in 2002, accused the singer of adultery after their breakup.
Why did Justin Timberkake say such a phrase, as seen in a video shared on social media after the show?
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Unwanted abortion
The war seemed to be well buried between the two former partners, who lived a hypermedia romance in the early 2000s. In her memoirs called
The Woman in Me
(JC Lattès editions), released on October 24, 2023, Britney Spears told the story behind of her relationship with the singer and gave her side of the story regarding the end of their story.
Indeed, if the singer had given himself the good role by accusing his ex of infidelity, the latter had above all revealed that an event had come to turn everything upside down.
“Justin wasn't happy when I told him I was pregnant.
He said we weren't ready to have a baby in our life, that we were way too young.
He did not want to be a father,” we can read in his work, which describes his unwanted abortion and the suffering that resulted from it.
Since these revelations, the one who now shares the life of actress Jessica Biel had remained discreet and had kept a low profile.
In order not to ignite the powder, Britney Spears, who has a community of fans around the world, then boasted a message of apology, last Sunday, January 28, on the occasion of the release of the new title
Selfish
, by Justin Timberlake.
“I'm in love with Justin Timberlake's new song and I want to apologize for some things I wrote in my book.
If I offended anyone, I am deeply sorry,” she wrote on Instagram, in a post that has since been deleted.
And rightly so, since it was less than a week later that the singer declared on stage, in New York, that he would never apologize to her before singing
Cry me a River
.
Apologies withdrawn
The day after the show, February 1, the
Toxic
singer responded to this surprise attack.
“I was told someone is talking shit about me!
Do you want us to go to court or are you going to go back to your mother's house to cry like you did the other time?
I’m not sorry!”, she wrote again on Instagram, before deleting, therefore, the previous publication in which she apologized.
Since then, the global star, followed by some 42 million subscribers, has also set his account to private.
Justin Timberlake has still not returned to his comment and the reaction of his former partner.
His next album, titled
Everything I Thought It Was
, will be released on March 15.